YouTube wants to depose Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart — Let's see how funny Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are on the witness stand. — The two comedians are apparently being dragged into the copyright fight between their employer and Google. Entertainment conglomerate Viacom …

Alexa Says YouTube Is Now Bigger Than Google. Alexa Is Useless — We've gotten a few "tips" that YouTube has actually grown larger than Google in terms of page views according to Alexa. — This is, of course, complete fiction. And it shows just how useless Alexa has become as a method for measuring web traffic and reach.

Classmates files for $125 million IPO — United Online's Classmates Media unit filed for a $125 million IPO in what could be a good litmus test for social media plays on Wall Street. — Classmates isn't Facebook (all resources), but does have enough name recognition to garner interest …

Hint: How to redesign the Leopard dock so it sucks less — Disclaimer: Leopard is still under NDA so I can't discuss anything that Apple hasn't already made public knowledge on their website. — The dock has always been one of those sort of 'live with it', rather than 'love it' features …

AT&T admits it censored other bands — It looks like Pearl Jam isn't the only band that has had its politically charged comments bleeped from concerts streamed from AT&T's Blue Room Web site. — AT&T issued a statement on Friday admitting that this kind of thing has happened before.

Apologies to Calacanis — I gave it some thought, and I decided to apologize to Jason for interrupting his speech at Gnomedex. I wish I hadn't done it. It'll never happen again. That's a promise. — That said, I have a lot of trouble believing that a street fighter from Brooklyn …

Researcher thinks Mac OS X is easy to exploit — Charles Miller is no stranger to Apple and its products. In July Miller and his colleagues at Independent Security Evaluators discovered the first known vulnerability within the Apple iPhone. They then worked with the Cuptertino vendor …

Google denies APEC reason for fuzzy maps — MUCH of Sydney's city centre as it appears in the satellite images on Google Maps Australia has been fuzzed out, just weeks before the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit. — Google says the imagery was downgraded as a result of a …

KicksApps Scores $20 Million — Update: KickApps is sending out word to other bloggers that it has only raised $11m. I had gotten the $20m figure from a source, and doublechecked it against a regulatory filing that indicated a $20m total raise (KickApps.pdf). I've got a few emails out, and will try to reconsile in the morning.

IPHONE BILL — I finally got my first bill from AT&T in a cardboard box containing 300 pages of it. Apparently, they give you a detail transaction of every text message sent and received. Completely unnecessary. — Sign up for e-billing! Stop the madness! — [ repost? ]